Leveraging free services

In today’s world of ever-increasing costs and shrinking budgets it’s important for schools to get the best value for money, but have you explored the possibility of securing free goods or services? As a school we spend thousands of pounds every year buying in resources that we could get for free if we only asked. This can be as simple as making the most of bulk-buying schemes such as BOGOF or getting free goods on a sponsorship-type basis. I like to break down the needs of our school into four key areas: goods, services, trips and visitors.